Let’s Talk About Trump’s Gibberish | Rambling about shark electrocutions is not normal. - eviltoast
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    5 months ago

    Which, as a non-American makes me wonder: what happens if this oaf is elected, but at some point turns out to be impaired to the point of non being able to hold the office anymore? Assuming the Republicans will ever acknowledge that, seeing how it feels like they’d support him even if he was swinging on the lamps while throwing faeces everywhere.

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      5 months ago

      It has happened before–a former president was probably actually not fully cognizant and kept in hiding for a period of a year or so but his wife managed to fool Congress by sending letters in his name.

    • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
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      There are two options: the first is that the people around him act in his name, and the second is that the cabinet declares him disabled under the 25th amendment, and puts the vice president in charge.